plural Déné or Dénés
de-ˈnāz 
dā-
: a member of any of the Athabascan-speaking peoples of the interior of Alaska and northwestern Canada
also
: the languages of these peoples
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there are some deeply wooded denes in that part of Northumberland
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Noun
The facts, again, are simple: Denes, 32, came home one night in February 2014 to find signs of a burglary in nearly every room of her home.
—Vinny Vella, Courant Community, 4 May 2017
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“Dene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dene. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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